Lesson 24 It could be worse不幸中之萬(wàn)幸
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
Had the writer's money been stolen?
I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
我走進(jìn)飯店經(jīng)理的辦公室，坐了下來(lái)。我剛剛丟了50英鎊，感到非常煩惱
'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.'
“我把錢(qián)放在房間里，”我說(shuō)，“可現(xiàn)在沒(méi)有了。”
The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
經(jīng)理深表同情，但卻無(wú)能為力
'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said.
“現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢(qián)，”他說(shuō)
He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
他開(kāi)始抱怨起這個(gè)邪惡的世道來(lái)，卻被一陣敲門(mén)聲打斷了
A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50.
一個(gè)姑娘走了進(jìn)來(lái)，把一個(gè)信封放在了他桌上。它里面裝著50英鎊
'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said.
“這是我在這位先生的房門(mén)外撿到的，”她說(shuō)
'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'
“是啊，”我對(duì)那位經(jīng)理說(shuō)，“這世界上還是有誠(chéng)實(shí)可言的！”
New words and Expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)
manager
n. 經(jīng)理
upset
adj. 不安
sympathetic
adj. 表示同情的
complain
v. 抱怨
wicked
adj. 很壞的，邪惡的
contain
v. 包含，內(nèi)裝
honesty
n. 誠(chéng)實(shí)
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 本文的題目可以有幾種不同的理解方式:“如果我丟失的不止50英鎊”，“如果經(jīng)理沒(méi)有任何同情心”“如果拾到錢(qián)的姑娘沒(méi)有把錢(qián)送回來(lái)”，結(jié)局會(huì)更糟糕。
2 Everyone's losing money these days.現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢(qián)。
用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)來(lái)表示不斷重復(fù)的動(dòng)作，其中常含有埋怨的意思。